The Log is Welcomed Onboard by Maritime Publishing

SAN DIEGO— The Log has some very exciting news to share. On June 12, Maritime Publishing of San Diego announced the acquisition of the Log Newspaper from Newport Beach-based Duncan McIntosh Co. Inc.    The Log has been a boating and fishing essential since 1971 and is very excited to join the Maritime Publishing team.     Maritime Publishing is a publisher of trade publications for the marine industry founded in 2020 by CEO Dave Abrams and is a division of the Maritime Institute—the largest privately held maritime training provider in the United States.   Abrams has had a love for boating since dating back to childhood memories of nautical-themed bedrooms. In college, he joined the Navy ROTC and was commissioned as an officer in the Navy upon graduation. Abrams served on active duty for six years on multiple ships. After leaving the Navy, Abrams took his love for the sea and applied it to the business world. As of 2018, Abrams had acquired two San Diego companies— Training Resources Limited and Maritime Institute and eventually merged them and eventually reverted the name to Maritime Institute after acquiring two more school in Virginia and Hawaii.   “During COVID, I had the opportunity to acquire two different publishing companies that were struggling, both of which...